Should I start reporting people for asking others to report someon?

Elite4Runner·Feb 24, 2017·2 votes·1,241 views

I know that Riot does consider inciting reports against a player to be toxic, but is that a good enough of a reason to report that person?

I think this is much easier to evaluate when it happens on my own team because I can tell if the person they are claiming should be reported really does deserve a report, but even then, I still see this as contributing to the toxicity.

However, when this happens on the other team and all I see is the person who asks for the report, all I see is them being toxic.

Would it be right to go ahead and report the person inciting a report, .. or should I just leave the situation alone?

10 Comments

Deep Terror NamiFeb 24, 20174 votes

Do you think they are being abusive by doing so? Use your reports as you feel necessary.

DontDieRespawnFeb 24, 20172 votes

Tell them, "asking for reports is reason to report." Ask them to stop asking for others to be reported, if they do not stop flaming, report them.

GreatWhiteNorthFeb 27, 20171 votes

Don't do that. It's against the code.

scazzmanFeb 25, 20172 votes

riot really needs to make a public announcement on this. no one will know it's punishable unless they were punished for it or read the boards, which is especially dangerous for people on the 14 day ban step

OleandervineFeb 24, 20171 votes

I leave the situation be unless I'm on the team with a actively seething asshole who starts flaming and making unfounded accusations against teammates who aren't otherwise provoking or deserving the ire. I've seen many games where someone just begins word vomiting that so-and-so should be reported for some absurdity that they considered an affront to their alternate reality.

Elite4RunnerFeb 27, 20171 votes

Right, I think this is honestly my main issue with this.

While multiple reports don't really accomplish anything, it almost seems to me like a bully mentality where they are saying

"Hey everyone, this person deserves to be ganged up on."

LexyyFeb 24, 20171 votes

No, unless they are actually doing something harmful (flaming, verbal abuse) then report them for that behaviour.

Elite4RunnerFeb 27, 20171 votes

You see, I understand this perspective, .. however, there are absolutely situations where people on the other team will go ahead and report someone simply because they were requested to.

I understand that multiple reports ultimately doesn't result in greater weight against the accused, and most likely the person who is requesting others to report with them will most likely be reporting them already.

The trouble I see with this is that to incite reports IS toxic and if they are likely to be toxic in this way, this increases the likelihood of them being in other ways during other games.

I guess that is the rough part of this though, I do see this as a minor offense, but if it goes unchecked it can still undermine the integrity of the system.

I'm still not really sure which way I should go with this and I think I'm ultimately just going to go with my gut in any given situation.

I was just curious if anyone else's 'gut' has lead them to feel that this alone has ever been enough of a reason to report someone.

Kayle CarryMay 30, 20171 votes

The way I see it, don't report just for them inciting unless they're on your team and you know they're being toxic, or its obvious they're being toxic on the enemy team. If someone is saying, "report x for afk" and the person is literally afk, or "report person of int'ing" and you can tell they're int'ing, I say, they're not being toxic, they just want to ensure the person gets punished for their attitude without understanding riots system because this stuff really isn't explained openly. Riot doesn't explain things where its obviously seen by everyone. That's why this game doesn't have a proper tutorial. It's sad really.